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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Maybe your engine!  My 10 year old engine can be driven (gently, of course) without acting up within seconds of a cold soak start. |
I think that it isn't my engine, but my TRANSMISSION that acts up when it's freezing cold. It seems that on freezing cold mornings, the Tranny fluid is so thick that the transmission seems to slip while I'm driving. I'll be gently driving it, and the rpms will surge up from about 1400 to 2000 then back again with no gain in speed. That's only when it's about 15 degreesish out side. once it warms up, it's totally fine. seamless shifts and normal operation.
This is my first winter with my Jeep. and at first when winter was just setting in I thought it was just a slight miss, but as it got colder, the symptoms got worse until I warmed up the Jeep for about a minute and a half or two. then it'd be less of a problem cause the warmer engine would warm the tranny slowly, but surely faster than if they were both freezing cold. I need to check the fluid level to see if there's any low readings from the tranny since I replaced the fluid not too long ago, I might be low.